As soon as Elder Lu entered Crimson Flame Hall, a booming voice suddenly rang out. Although it contained no spiritual power whatsoever, it still shook the eardrums.
The previously empty hall was instantly filled with waves of reverberating sound.
Facing the elder's deliberate display, Qin Fengming could not help but frown slightly.
At the sound of the elder's voice, the three cultivators seated beside the Eight Immortals table looked up at Qin Fengming and the others. The two Core Formation cultivators meditating cross-legged abruptly changed expression and opened their eyes.
The elder had made no attempt to suppress his voice. In this tiny Marketplace, which covered only a hundred or so zhang, nearly everyone had heard what he said.
As figures flashed, more than a dozen cultivators of varying cultivation levels hurried out of the other halls and rushed into Crimson Flame Hall.
The two Core Formation cultivators' expressions changed only slightly before quickly returning to normal.
"Elder Lu, this junior already said that once the time arrives, someone will naturally come to guide you seniors into the Sea of Flames and onward to Crimson Flame Mountain. Senior Qin will naturally be no exception."
The two Core Formation cultivators remained seated cross-legged, neither rising. Their expressions even carried a trace of anger. One of them, a middle-aged man, glanced at Elder Lu and Qin Fengming before speaking in a dark tone.
Although his tone was calm, his words clearly showed that he did not take Lu Zhang, a late Integration stage cultivator, or Qin Fengming seriously.
"He merely defeated someone ranked in the seventies on the Earth Ranking. Heh, that still isn't enough. Only an Earth Ranking senior ranked in the top fifty, or someone at the late Spirit Severing stage or above, is qualified to make an exception."
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